robinson



Eigureglirepresents an e. ROBINSON, or I'.O'iU1svI`LLn,y KENTUOKY.

Lette/rs Pa'tentNo. 97,762, 'dated December 7 ,1869.

Beit known that I, G. ROBINSON, of theicit'y of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson, and State ,of

Kentucky, llaveuinvented a'new and improved'lo-A `baco-Elevator; and `I do herebydeolare that the following` is a full,'c1ear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to .make and -use they same, reference being had .to the-accom- 'panying drawing,formingypart ofthis specification. v

lThe invention relates to elevating-apparatus, vvtbl' I elevatingor loweliug :tobacco-:iu warehouses, whereby it is designed to'provide a simple and Vconvenient appai-atus, adapted for carrying the tobacco up or down, wvhil'e-sus'pendedn bunches or hands ou'the 'racking-sticks.

apparatus. y

- Figure 2 represents a plan of the t'o'p of thesame.

" Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts." p

A represents a pair of endless belts', working side by'side,'over pulleys, in the ordinary way,"and running from bottom to top of thebuilding. f` 'On these elevators I provide the sheet-metal hooks l B, and adjust `the belts so that the hooks of eac-h belt' will be in the same horizontal planes. y

At the bottom of the elevator I place the rack C,

-oneto eaclrbelt, inclining `dowllward toward them,

elevation of my improved.

'and at th'evtopjI'place the delivery-racks D, inclining downward from thebelts.- y The hands i of tobacco to be elevated are placed on the supplying-racks C,- so ythat' the ends of' the sticks-will slide along ldown toward the belt-s, whereby they'will be taken up, one at a time, bythe hooks on 4the elevators, and be similarly delivered at the top by lthe racks D.

For lowering the tobacco in a similar way, the belts are-run in opposite directions, for which the d'riving- Ishaft is provided with suitable' fast and loose pulleys E, for changing them'otio'n by the useof one straight and Oneerossed belt; and discharging-jacks F are provided On the several oors,inelining downward from'I the belt, while the upper or supplying-jacks are suita-' bly adjusted for supplying the tobacco to'the belts. The suspending hands or bunches of the Vtobacco are Vso disposed on the sticks as to be carried between;

the belts.' 4

Having thus described myrinveutony What I claim as new, and ters Patent, is

The combination, wvitlna pairof endless elevators,

A'provided with hooks B, ofthe supplying and discharging-jacks, 4substantially as specified'.- 4

Witnesses: G. ROBINSON. G. H.' SLATER, yS. F. CHIPLEY.

desire to secure by Let- 

